Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 247 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Pause, then rise and fall): Four voice tools: volume (loud or soft), pace (fast or slow), pitch (high or low) and the pause (a short silence). Pause after a key point, after asking the audience a question and before a big reveal. Replace “um” with a silent pause. Match the mood: cheerful and lively, calm and gentle, or serious and steady. Stress a key word a little to make it stand out.

1. 1.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
4. 4.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
13. 13.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
23. 23.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
24. 24.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
38. 38.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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